Results tagged “lunchtimevideobreak”

Think Valentine's Day is for suckers? Afraid of sending the wrong message by giving Valentine's cards (or by failing to)? You can still run out on your lunch break but chances are you won't find any cards as perfect(ly inappropriate) as this collection from Hallmark's Shoebox division. Because transparency (and quite often romance) in the workplace begins with a YouTube channel and a self-mocking blog.

Mayor Tony calls the federal government's failure to address issues such as poverty, housing, and infrastructure "absolutely criminal" in this short video interview produced by The Nation and The Drum Major Institute.

Holidays have you indulging a little more than usual? Just in time for those New Year resolutions and post-holiday diets, the Wii Fit is expected to be released in North America in January. Released earlier this month in Japan, Wii Fit sold over a quarter million units in the first week. The game was designed for families to exercise with activities like stretching, yoga, step aerobics, push ups, jogging and much more. The additional system to the Wii console uses a pressure-sensitive platform called the Balance Board which players stand on, hop or press against. The platform can measure an individual's weight, body mass index and tracks the information to show your results over time. The Nintendo site states that activities focus more towards working out the "core," emphasizing slower, controlled motions.

For your lunch time viewing pleasure today is a lovely little diddy going around the Internet and tech circles about the new tech "bubble" that is upon us. It's to the tune of "We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel and if it's doesn't make you laugh, maybe it will give you a few ideas for new websites to check out. Many Angeleno's in the tech sector say the next surge of technology...

For your lunch time viewing pleasure, Tyson, the bulldog who can skateboard, surf and pretty much do all the things a surf dude should be able to do. Of course, Tyson is a dog, so that's a little out there. But nonetheless, a man at the dog park this morning tells me he saw this once with his own eyes in Huntington Beach. Whatever floats your boat man....

"Welcome to My Home." Written, directed, produced, and starring Brenda Dickson. Part I... ...and Part II. Last Autumn I ate so much Halloween candy, Thanksgiving Tofurkey, and Happy Birthday Jesus grocery store sheet cake that I gained five pounds in two months. This year I'm determined not to let that happen again, so I have decided to start a preemptive diet and exercise plan right now before the holiday fattening season is in full...

The wonderful folks over at Arthur Magazine not only organized, but documented the wondrous No Age LA River show Saturday (perhaps you saw the LAist photo essay concert review). This finely edited three-part documentary was conducted by Mark Frohman, Art Director of Arthur Magazine. The videos surfaced merely 24-hours after the show! I'd like to thank Jay Babcock for sending us these links. Parts 1 & 3 after the jump......

It started simply with a camerashy young lady who wrote the lyrics of the Daft Punk smash hit on her fingers and let them be the stars of the video (as seen after the jump). But now two other young women have taken to writing the lyrics on their bodies. And if that weren't enough they put boxes on their heads to appear to look like robots - something the dj's do themselves. The...

Last night I was happy to make it to Lou on Medium on "Guitar Hero III", the latest video game to earn more than $100 million in sales in its first week. But I just got the thing last week, so I was just satisfied not to get booed off the stage... again. After feeling cocky about making a respectable run through Metallica's epic "One" and long time favorite Maiden's "The Number of the...

Not long ago a little band called Jet had a little tune that sounded like the White Stripes a little. Apple used the hyperactive rockabilly flavored single "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" to hype its iPod and the band went on to sell millions of records because of the arrangement. Tonight Feist, an artist no one knew about until Apple used her catchy little song for an iPod commercial, is headlining at the...

Leah Kauffman's hilarious and scathing love song to Ann Coulter. A few lines of this satire had me rolling. Of course, Coulter makes it so easy....

Do you Lucha? The madness returns in February. A couple more short clips after the jump....

I am not going to mention Ann Coulter's visit to LA this week or the location. To be honest, I am at a loss for words with THAT woman. I mean does someone ever anger you so much that your nose just twitches and your head shakes side-to-side like a horse swatting a fly and shivers are sent through your whole body? Yup, that pretty much sums up Ann for me. I went to...

Black Francis -- "Motorway to Roswell" -- Safari Sam's, 10/16/07...

He plays the part on TV but Drew Carey is not all games all the time. The host of both The Price is Right and Power of 10, Carey moonlights as one of Hollywood's most visible Libertarians (see also: Clint Eastwood, Trey Parker, Jason Reitman). Starting today, he's taking it broadband via the Reason Foundation's new online video channel "for free minds and free markets," Reason.tv. "We need Reason to help fight the stupid drug...

Because of the accents, this family sounds like they're from the midwest, which only adds to the charm. Upon further viewings everyone in this family is lovable. Michael is adorable in his reasoning and comeback. Mom is adorable in her passion and solutions. Whoever the kid is recording it is a classic, but why does (s)he turn off the cam right when Ma is about to layeth the smack downeth?

NSFW as far as the video contains Hennessy and lingerie.

The Scorpions are in town and we were glad to read that we weren't the only ones excited. Look no further than the LA Weekly of all places to get the bandwagon going. Libby Molyneaux breaks it down perfectly: For better or wurst, the Scorpions still live in a world where “We Were Born to Fly” and “The Future Never Dies,” not to mention “Love Will Keep Us Alive,” all actual titles from their...

It seemed like a ridiculous challenge, and now it appears that all 50 Cent did by declaring that he would give up his solo career if his new record was outsold by Kanye West's new record was help Kanye's record. Both discs dropped on Tuesday and 50 looks like he might be the one having to drop out - if the former crack dealer is good with his promise. Billboard is reporting that first-day...

Joe Zawinul was perhaps the most innovative of the creative leaders of "jazz fusion." With Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, and Tony Williams, Zawinul helped shape the very electric sound of Miles Davis' touring band of the late 60's and contributed key compositions to the cornerstone recordings of jazz fusion, 1969's In a Silent Way and 1970's Bitches Brew. Zawinul may be best remembered as a founding member of Weather Report, the fusion...

Texas congressman Ron Paul pointed his pen at his fellow conservatives at the New Hampshire presidential debates yesterday and won the Fox News text message poll, a day after winning the Maryland Republican Straw Vote, to the outrage of Fox mouthpiece, Sean Hannity. Hannity, who clearly hates freedom and obviously believes that all elections and polls that aren't rigged by Karl Rove must be rigged, flat out accused the American people of cheating when...

Update: tonight's screening at the Arclight is a special presentation with a Q&A with the director Seth Gordon afterwards. The film will then show tomorrow at the Nuart thru the 23rd.

A "PSA" supposedly airing on BET.

Spoon @ Little Radio - "Everything Hits At Once" Spooooooooooooon! The battle cry of The Tick. Spooooooooooooon! The only utensil you really need. Spooooooooooooon! The band with the least secret show in the history of secret shows. All the indie annas and uber fans came out in their Monday best for last night’s Dewars-sponsored “secret show” at Little Radio. Singer/Songwriter, John “The Slice” Vanderslice, soothed the eager crowd with his styled and reflective indie...

This little diddy comes to us from Live Leak and a poster named Iranian Candy which just draws a little smirk out of the corner of my mouth. Living here in a major metropolitan city, on the West Coast, in a predominatly blue state, with a real understanding about how the mainstream media and mainstream politicians attempt to brainwash us into believing their rhetoric makes me very aware of what this video is showing...

If you believe it, you can achieve it. Sure that might be the case, but here lies a definite argument for staying in school and staying on the straight and narrow. Stephon Marbury is a riot. This clip starts off slow, but he gets into some good stuff including kissing his sister, his foes through the years and his community involvement and giveaways in Coney Island. Please make it through to the last two...

We know that ususally our "Lunch Time Video Break" is more light and airy. But we also know that you're informed and in-the-know citizens who would enjoy a great segment from Wolf Blitzer's show on CNN where Michael Moore essentially sticks it to the man, CNN and Wolf. Now yelling at Wolf about how his network operates is a little like yelling at the customer service agent at the baggage counter about the airline...

So the Japanese have mastered a lot of things that maybe our feeble minds can't handle here in the good ol' USA. One of which is shirt-folding. I have tried this video at home in the morning and at night, sober and wasted (I thought it would be a cool party trick) but alas, it's not my bag. Of course this never stopped me from buying more shirts or supporting new labels launching here...

"They" (and by they I mean Wikipedia) claim that Billy Dee Williams once rivaled Sidney Poitier as the most popular black actor in America. How many of you also knew that he was once Colt 45's spokesperson? Oh Billy Dee, where are you now?

Dear LAist, I came here and saw that you were making fun of Clay Aiken singing the National Anthem. Why must you be so rude? Clay is a top notch singing star who has sold millions of records and performed in front of more people than your stupid web sight? - Amber Dear Amber, Why do we diss Clay and his Claymates? Let us, count the ways... Actually, watch this newly unearthed video above...